Combined scrubber and mop.



A. T. LEMON.

COMBINED SGRUBBER AND MOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

1,062,105. Patented May 20, 1913.

ADDISON '1. LEMON, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

l COMBINED SCRUBBER AND MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application filed November 6, 1911. Serial No. 658,846.

Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte extending loops 6, andterminating at their and State of Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Scrubbers and Mops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to combined scrubber and mop, and my object is toproduce a device of this character possessing the desirable features ofsimplicity, strength, durability and oheapness of construction.

With these general obj ects in view and others as hereinafter appear,the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed, and1n.

order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a top plan view of acombined scrubber and. mop embodying my invention. Fig. 2, is a sideview of the same. Fig. 3, is a view of a modified construction'wherebythe brush is prevented from tilting and the handle of the wringer frommoving.

In the said drawing 1 indicates a handle having a ferrule 2 at its frontend provided with notches 3 at opposite sides of its front end. A framesecured to the front end of the handle in any suitable manner, consistsof either a single piece of heavy wire or of two pieces of heavy wire,and is constructed as follows: 4; are laterally projecting arms at thefront end of' and extending through the notches 30f the ferrule so as tobe incapable of up and down movement, and said arms are bent to produceforwardly-extending straight or bent arms 5, provided at their rearendswith elongated transverselyfront ends in int-urned hooks 7.

Sindicates a scrubbing brush, and 9 keep-' ers secured to the back ofthe same and pivotally inolosing the transverse portions of said hooks,so that the brushinay be turned in the direction indicated by the arrow,Fig. 2, from an operative position below to an inoperative posit-ionabove the hooks, as

the front ends of the loops 6, adjacent to and parallel with the brush,the preferred means of journaling said roll, being a screw 11 extendinginto the left hand end of the roll and journaled in the front end of theleft-hand loop, and a short shaft 12, extend ing into the right hand endof the roll and journaled in and projecting through the adjacent loop toa' point beyond the adjacent end of the brush, and terminating in athreaded crank 13, and said crank is provided with a tubular extension14 equipped at its front end with a short sleeve 15 having a forwardlyprojecting lip 16.

To conveniently operate the roll, a rightangle shaped handle 17 isscrewed into the front end of the tubular extension, the lip 16preventing the handle from being turned in the extenslon more than aboutone hundred and eighty degrees, that is from a position in which itshandle end projects inwardly to a position where such end projectsoutwardly, as shown by. full and dotted lines, respectively, Fig. 1, itbeing notedthat in its former position, it rests upon the brush where itis entirely out of the way, and occupies the other position when used toturn roll 10.

In the modified construction, Fig. 3, I show the handle of such lengththat its handle end may swing over and beyond the front end of the backof the brush, and provide the brush at such edge, at its right handcorner, with a spring catch 16, the same being secured to the back ofthe brush and provided forward of the same with a depending spring arm16 bent to form a channel 16 in its front face, the arrangement beingsuch that as the handle is forced downward, it will engage the plateabove the channel and spring said arm rearwardly. As it clears theplate, above the channel, the plate will spring forwardly so that theend of the handle shall be received within said channel, and thus belocked against accidental upward or downward movement. By thisarrangement it will'be seen that the brush can and bear at their rearends against the rear ends of the loop and at their fronten-ds againstthe eyes 21, the arrangement being such that when the crank handle ismani-pw lated to turn roll 10, the other roll will be turned alsothrough frictional contact with roll 10, or a mop cloth 23, 01' itsequivalent, interposed between the rolls.

The wringer rolls may be ofnny suitable type and material, butpreferably will consist of wood cores 24 fitting in rubber tubes 25, assuch tubes 01" tires will give more effective frictional engagement withthe mop cord or cloth. When it is desired to use the device as ascrubbingbrush, the parts are arranged as shown in full lines, and themop cordor cloth is either removed or fed upwardly between the rolls sothat it shall lie upon said rolls and the back of the brush, in whichposition it is entirely out of the way. If desired its rear end mayremain between the rolls as such end in such position, will notinterfere with the scrubbing operation because the brush only comes incontact with the floor.

To use the mop most eiiiciently, the handle end of the handle is turnedfrom the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, to the position shown indotted lines, so that the brush may be turned from the position shown infull to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. With the handle endin the dotted position mentioned, therolls are turned to feed the mopdown between the rolls until its upper end is pinched therebetween. Thehandle end is then turned inward until it rests upon the bristle side ofthe brush, as indicated by dotted lines, in Fig. 2. Nith the parts inthis position, the device can be utilized for mopping a floor or foranalogous purposes, and whenever it is necessary to wring the mop cloth,the handle end 17 is turned outward so that it can be manipulated toimpart rotation to roll 10, and hence to roll 18, for the purpose ofwringing the mop in the customary manner.

With a device of the character shown and described, it is obvious that afloor can be scrubbed or mopped efiectively without requiring theoperator to bend down in an uncomfortable attitude and the scrubbing ormopping can be performed with the least possible labor.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced acombined floor mop and scrubbing brush possessing the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable, and I wish it to be understood thatwhile I have illustrated and described the i preferred embodiment of theinvention I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details ofconstruction shown and described as obvious modifications will suggestthemselves to one skilled in the art.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a handle, a wireframe secured to the'same and provided with forwardly projecting arms,terminating in inturned horizon-tally.

disposed portions, and a scrubbing brush pivoted to said inturnedportions and extending transversely of the handle.

' 2. In a device of the character described, a handle, a wire framesecured to the same and provided with forwardly projecting arms,terminating in inturned horizontally disposed hooks opening rearwardly,a scrubbing brush, and keepers secured to the back of the scrubbingbrush and pivotally engaging the transversely extending portions of theinturned hooks between said arms and the terminals of the hooks.

8. In a device of the character described,

a handle, a wire frame secured to the same and provided withforwardly-projecting arms, terminating in inturned horizontallydisposedportions, a scrubbing brush pivoted to said inturned portions andextending transversely of the handle, and means for preventing the brushfrom swinging upwardly at its front edge.

at. In a device of the character described, a handle, a frame carriedthereby bearing wringer rolls and pivoted to a brush back, and anactuating crank for one of the rolls, provided with a handle adapted foradjustment into or out of engagement with the brush back.

5. In a device of the character described, a handle, a frame securedthereto bearing wringer rolls pivoted to a brush back, an actuatingcrank for one of the rolls, and a handle swiveled to said crank andadapted to extend inwardly over the brush back or to project outwardlyaway from the same.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

ADDISON T. LEMON.

Witnesses HELEN O. RODGERS, G". Y. THORPE.

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